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Exploring the Origins of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is celebrating its 25th anniversary year. We dig into our records at Smithsonian Institution Archives to trace the center's origins and highlight some of its early leaders in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Mitch Toda | May 26, 2022

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Cementing Your Home Plans in 1909

Walkthrough a cement house from 1909 via this Radford Architectural Co. trade catalog.

Alexia MacClain | May 16, 2022

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Meet Serena Katherine “Violet” Dandridge, Suffragist and Scientific Illustrator

The history of Violet Dandridge’s investment in her work as a scientific illustrator and a suffragist, told in her own words, helps us construct a more complete picture of what it meant to many women to pursue careers and basic rights in the early twentieth century.

Elizabeth A. Harmon | May 3, 2022

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